Travels, or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant.
by SHAW, Thomas
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About This Item
Oxford, Printed at the Theatre, 1738. . First edition, folio (35.5 x 23 cm. approx.), xv, [i], 442, [ii], 60, [viii], [ii], xvi, 112 pp., title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 11 engraved maps and plans (incl. 6 folding, 2 double-page), 1 prospect, 20 engraved plates on 17 leaves (3 leaves have plates on rectos and versos), one folding table and one page of engraved music, other illustrations in text; contemporary calf gilt neatly rebacked, a very good copy.
'A valuable work' (Ioannou). Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Cyprus and most of North Africa. This work is especially esteemed for its botanical and zoological plates, these are dedicated to prominent figures in the British cultural and social life of the period including Richard Mead, James Beauclerc, and Sir Robert Walpole. Shaw imparts much useful information on the antiquities, geology and geography of the areas he visited, as well as mentioning various British and European consuls in the Levant. The book is also of note for its handsome typography.
Blackmer 1533-1534; Hilmy II, 233; Gay 391; Ioannou II, 490; Nissen (ZBI), 3839; Tobler 123.
'A valuable work' (Ioannou). Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Cyprus and most of North Africa. This work is especially esteemed for its botanical and zoological plates, these are dedicated to prominent figures in the British cultural and social life of the period including Richard Mead, James Beauclerc, and Sir Robert Walpole. Shaw imparts much useful information on the antiquities, geology and geography of the areas he visited, as well as mentioning various British and European consuls in the Levant. The book is also of note for its handsome typography.
Blackmer 1533-1534; Hilmy II, 233; Gay 391; Ioannou II, 490; Nissen (ZBI), 3839; Tobler 123.
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- Title
- Travels, or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant.
- Author
- SHAW, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, Printed at the Theatre, 1738.
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